Hodie est Id Sept. 2772 AUC ~ 26 Metageitnion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad
In the News
- Remains of 3,000-Year-Old Settlement Found in Capital’s Białołęka District – HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
- Ancient earthquake may have caused destruction of Canaanite palace at Tel Kabri | EurekAlert! Science News
- Roman Caistor: ‘One of largest’ Roman Britain temples revealed in Norfolk – BBC News
In Case You Missed It
- Traces of 2,000-Year-Old Roman Roundhouse Found in Northern England | Smart News | Smithsonian Magazine
- To recreate ancient recipes, check out the vestiges of clay pots | EurekAlert! Science News
- Monumental Pool Complex Discovered Near Rome – Archaeology Magazine
Classicists and Classics in the News
Greek/Latin News
- [Ephemeris] ARABICA PAX
Fresh Bloggery
- Laudator Temporis Acti: A Great Contribution to Education
- When a Woman Outwitted Aristotle. Never underestimate the power of love. | by Nicol Valentin | P.S. I Love You
- PaleoJudaica.com: Cuneiform tablet scans
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Our Times
- “Someone Has to Play Patroclus!” – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- PaleoJudaica.com: Magic Jesus?
- Police and the Unjust State – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Datenbank Robertin (Archäologischen Museums der Universität Halle)
- Ignorance & Forgery – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Webinar: Athenian Pottery Up Close
- Weekend Reading: Positive Thoughts – Classical Studies Support
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Zeitschriften der Altertumswissenschaft: Links to digitized Classics and Archaeology journals collected at Wikisource
- Shaking Us Down – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- WvdK | The Battle of Marathon – Mainzer Beobachter
- Bestiaria Latina Blog: Latin Proverbs and Fables Round-Up: Sept. 11
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Turning to the Greeks
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Precious Things
- Laudator Temporis Acti: The Pleasure of Inactivity
- How Fast A Rotten Foundation Falls – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: JACT Greek Summer School – Resources Online
- PaleoJudaica.com: The Sibylline Books and the Saecular Games
- Medea’s picnic basket: Playmobil Argonauts – From Trowels to Togas
- Reflections from the Diversity of Early Christianity course, part 1: Invested sources | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
- Diversity, part 2: Judean diversity fits with plurality of Jesus groups | Ethnic Relations and Migration in the Ancient World: The Websites of Philip A. Harland
- On Responding To Anger: Growing Pains | Classically Inclined
- Breaks and Games in Education – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Maybe it’s the Medizing, Maybe it’s the Wine – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE
- Roman Times: Tympanum: Instrument of Ecstasy
- Sinterklaascadeau: Martialis – Mainzer Beobachter
- You like Antiquity: what to read, what to do? – Mainzer Beobachter
- Laudator Temporis Acti: Hypatia
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: Oxford Archaeology Image Database
- AWOL – The Ancient World Online: The Warburg Institute Iconographic Database
Blog-like Publications
- Herculaneum – The Roman Town Buried by Mount Vesuvius – HeritageDaily – Archaeology News
- Roman Siege Warfare – Ancient History Encyclopedia
Fresh Podcasts
In what is a rather unorthodox edition of The Daily Delphi, join myself and Dr Charlotte Goddard for an improvised chat on themes ranging from Renaissance Latin Literature to the toppling of the Edward Colston Statue…
This week, it’s Witching Hour – or to be more accurate – Witching hours, because Abi and Sarah have brought you another two-parter. We know, we know – we’re a delight, and we really make sure you get all the detailed content you could wish for. Or, more accurately, Abi and Sarah found another topic about which they can’t stop waxing lyrical. You guessed it! This week in our episode ‘Witch, Please!’ we’re talking for two glorious hours on the witch, her role in the ancient world, and how (and why….*eye roll* we’re looking at you patriarchy) that role evolved into the one we see today. Part one will introduce to or remind you all about the original witch – the great Hecate – and how badass she was, before looking at one of our most famous ancient strong, independent women (sorry, let us just translate that for you: witch): MEDEA.
Oh hi! You’re back! You must have loved our first of the ‘Witch, Please!’ episodes, because you’ve come straight on over to part two! Right? If not, you should have, because in our totally objective opinion this is also a cracking episode. Have you ever wondered why the Romans hated Odysseus so much? Tune in to Part 2 to hear Sarah and Abi deliver a pretty accurate “performance” of hating the hero. But seriously, this episode looks at the potions of Circe, the poisonous nature of Erictho and the tradition of the witch. Ever desperately wondered how to relate Tony Abbott, former Australian PM and Opposition leader, to the Classics? Tune in to find out! (Spoiler alert: it’s misogyny)
He is required reading at West Point, and yet less known outside the Military world… In today’s Podcast with Emily Baragwanath, the Associate Professor of Classics at The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill we discuss Xenophon – who he was, why…
Conqueror. Destroyer. Convert. Legendary king. It’s fair to say that Alexander the Great’s relationship with ancient Persia was complicated. Despite conquering the Persian Empire, Alexander admired and adopted many aspects of Persian culture. Despite sacking the prestigious Persian centre of Persepolis, he honoured the great Persian king Cyrus and married a Persian princess. Alexander may have conquered the Persian Empire, but ultimately this conqueror became a willing ‘captive’ of Persian culture.
An informal look at the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, topped off with the usual updates from the HotWorld forums.
Book Reviews
- [BMCR] Luigi Battezzato, Leggere la mente degli eroi Ettore, Achille e Zeus nell’Iliade. Variazione, 46. Pisa: Edizioni della Normale, 2019.
- [BMCR] Ursula Rothe, The toga and Roman identity. London; New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.
- [Paywalled] ‘Thebes: The Forgotten City of Ancient Greece’ Review: Mythic Roots – WSJ
Dramatic Receptions
- Toronto Hidden Gem: Romance, Hamas and Ancient Greek Penises in ‘Gaza Mon Amour’ | Hollywood Reporter
- Leadership in the Time of COVID: Responding to Theater of War’s The Oedipus Project
- National Theatre of Greece Presents THE PERSIANS
Alia
- Barry Cunliffe On The Scythians | HistoryExtra Podcast – HistoryExtra
- How To Get Away with Murder | History Today
- Roman hoard on show online at Worcestershire Museum | Worcester News
- The Legacy of Spartacus, Bulgaria’s Most Famous Gladiator – Novinite.com – Sofia News Agency
‘Sorting’ Out Your Day:
- Homeromanteion | Online Homeric Oracle
- Sortes Virgilianae (English)
- Sortes Virgilianae (Latin)
- Consult the Oracle at UCL
Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:
If it thunders today, it portends a serious famine.
… adapted from the text and translation of:
Jean MacIntosh Turfa, The Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar, in Nancy Thomson de Grummond and Erika Simon (eds.), The Religion of the Etruscans. University of Texas Press, 2006. (Kindle edition)
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